City of Richmond, VA Employer Reviews

The City of Richmond is a very desirable place to work as everyone from the CAO down to the front line staff have a positive attitude and enjoy a healthy work/life balance. There are many social and corporate events throughout the year and it is a certainly well sort after work place.

A typical day at work consists of working towards makeing sure the children have a fun day. I've learned how to be patient with kids because sometimes they don't catch on to what you say or what you tell them to do. The people that's over the work place where professional and took the workers ideas into consideration. I liked my job because it wasn't – more... really nothing hard about it, the only chanlenging part about it was sometimes the parents. Overall i loved working with the kids. – less

It was a good job. They do contracts though so job stability isn't guaranteed. A lot of useful skills were learned. Overall it was a good work environment

For the most part I like my job.The hardest part of the job is dealing with people who don't know how to talk to people,and think that their co-worker's are stupid.Management is ok but they let thing's slide that should be handled according to city policy.

i was the only female supervisor in my department its so hard to move up into a new postions working for the city of richmond

This is a diffcult work envionment because of city politics, which often times can impede the effectiveness of management.

I provided service for at risk families, administration and line staff support . I collaborated within the community and networked with area colleges and the business sector to provide intern placements. and to engage volunteers in an institutional setting.
The hardest part of the job was seeing some of the youth return home to their former negative – more... behaviors. The most enjoyable part was knowing that I could do or say something to motivate and encourage others toward positive lifestyle transitions. – less

I provided service for at risk families, administration and line staff support . I collaborated within the community and networked with area colleges and the business sector to provide intern placements. and to engage volunteers in an institutional setting.
The hardest part of the job was seeing some of the youth return home to their former negative – more... behaviors. The most enjoyable part was knowing that I could do or say something to motivate and encourage others toward positive lifestyle transitions. – less

Richmond City working for this job taught me how to have patience with at risk juvenile,and how to help them work through there truoblesome time. It taught me compassion in a dfiffernt way. I loved this job also because it was helping young people that were challenging, disrespectful, but was in the need of a caring spoken word. It hurt me to leave – more... this job, because of all the young people that i have helped. It was indeed a rewarding job, for me as well as the young people that i came in contact with. – less

It's ok but it's no room for advancement. The management has gotten better and the co-workers are excellent.

Starting everyday at 8 in the morning by preparing fleet vehicles for internal customer usage.Preparing mail for processing and then delivering post office mail to the processing center. Picking up mail to be delivered internally and to the several outlying city agencies. Preparing supply orders and then delivering mail and supplies to their proper – more... places. Returning to hub to sort and deliver returning mail and supplies. See that the vehicles are clean and maintained for daily use. Receive, inspect and place incoming supplies into inventory, filing bills and all accompanying paper work. I work with a great team and we get things expediently and efficiently. Though we try to please everyone, sometimes its difficult but at the end of the day we have accomplished everything. – less

Great work environment. great leadership.

management was there to help and assist with anything and everything needed.

co-workers were great as well

A typical day for me at work is very interesting because I investigate murder cases which requires alot of interviewing witnesses and suspects attempting to solve the cases. We interview individuals hoping to obtain answers as to who,what,where and why the crime happened. Then comes the part of compiling a detailed case folder for the prosecution attorney – more... who will prosecute the case in court. Then months after presenting the case to General District court and keeping in contact with witnesses,attending Grand Juries,the case will go to Circuit Court for trial.And as this is all going on your still getting assigned other Homicide cases to solve and prepare for court.

Alot of work all in all but I really enjoy my work and give it a 100% on all of my cases. It really feels good when you solve these cases and bring closure to the victim's family members. – less

I learned how to be on time. using tools that will put me at the top of the class.

A good place to be employed.when I work there it was a up and coming work force that you can learn and advance.

same routine
learn how to take orders and stock materials
love the management
hardest part was working in the heat
most enjoyable was going home after work

I enjoy working with the children on my case load. They are often challenging but have suffered a great deal of trauma. It makes my week, when I am able to make an appropriate match and find these children forever families. The hardest part of my job is trying to keep children feeling safe. My greatest reward is when they say thank you to me.

Decent pay in a good environment servicing the public... making a difference

The great thing about this job is there is no typical day at work. I may have a cycle of responsibilities, but they are different each and every time because of the nature of Planning and Economic Development. The Land Development, Business Attraction, and Business Retentions responsibilities are the bread and butter of this job and are a very fulfilling – more... line of work. Lastly, when you are dealing with the public, there is never a dull moment! – less

Great LE job. Learned a lot. Learned alot about Richmond.**************************************************************************************************